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Olympics: Chen beats Chinese teammate for gold in women's table tennis

For the ninth straight Olympics, a Chinese woman won the gold medal in table tennis.

South Korea rallies to beat Israel 6-5 to win Olympic baseball

Jeremy Bleich forced in the game-ending run by hitting batters with consecutive pitches in the 10th inning, and defending champion South Korea beat Israel 6-5 to win its Olympic baseball opener.

IPO market nears peak as valuations hit 20-yr high, analysts raise concern

Low interest rates, hefty returns have driven record demand for IPOs, but with valuations for newly public companies now at levels last seen during dot-com bubble, some analysts are raising concerns

Australia's Jessica Fox wins first Olympic women's canoe slalom gold

Australia's Jessica Fox has made Olympic history at the Tokyo Games as the first gold medalist in women's canoe slalom

IOC sees no link between Olympic Games, Japan coronavirus case rise

The International Olympic Committee said Thursday that it saw no connection between the current rise of Covid-19 cases in Japan and the Tokyo Games

Tokyo 2020: US rowers looks to extend Olympic dynasty in women's eight

For more than a decade and across three Olympics, there was no greater force in women's rowing than the American eight boat.

US extends expiration dates on J&J coronavirus vaccine to 6 months

Federal health regulators on Wednesday again extended the expiration dates on Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, providing health workers with six more weeks to use millions of doses of the shot.

'I can die': Olympic athletes struggle with Tokyo's sweltering heat

Earlier on Friday, Russian archer fainted as Tokyo's temperatures climbed to as high as 34 degrees C

Google delays return to office until mid-October, mandates vaccines

Google is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated

The Next One: Japan's Daii Hashimoto takes gold in Olympic gymnastics

Daiki Hashimoto grew up watching Kohei Uchimura win gold medals, just like every other aspiring Japanese gymnast over the past decade-plus

Argentina, France, Germany eliminated from Tokyo Olympic soccer

No third gold for Argentina. No return to the final for Germany. No defensive ability for France.

Novak Djokovic says 'pressure is a privilege' that he can handle

With the topic of athletes' mental health and pressure being discussed at the Olympics, Novak Djokovic said pressure is a privilege

US bounces back from Tokyo Olympic-opening loss, routs Iran 120-66

The US basketball team got back to winning and winning easily

Tokyo sets another coronavirus record days after start of Olympics

Tokyo has reported 3,177 new coronavirus cases, setting an all-time high and exceeding 3,000 for the first time days after the start of the Olympics

Even in absence, North Korea's presence felt at Tokyo Olympic Games

North Korea isn't at the Tokyo Olympics this summer. And therein lies a tale one of sports and viruses, but most of all a tale of complex politics

For South Koreans, Olympic medal is only way out of military service

They keep telling themselves the Olympics is no different from any other golf tournament because anything else would only make it harder on Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim

WHO says global coronavirus deaths jumped by 21% in past week

WHO said that if these trends continue, the cumulative number of cases reported globally could exceed 200 million in the next two weeks

Gunmen on motorcycle wound Chinese in Pakistan's port city of Karachi

The motive behind the attack was not immediately clear, and senior officer Javed Akbar said police were still investigating.

Japan rallies in 9th to beat Dominican Republic 4-3 in Olympic opener

Hayato Sakamoto hit a game-ending, bases-loaded single that capped a three-run, ninth-inning rally, lifting host Japan over the Dominican Republic 4-3 in the Olympic baseball opener on Wednesday.

Tokyo governor urges youth to get vaccinated to slow coronavirus surge

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Wednesday urged younger people to cooperate with measures to bring down the high number of infections and get vaccinated